Dear Editor – I write with regards to the above issue. At the end of each semester this issue of students failing their course is always a matter being discussed and raised in the social media and the mass media. It____s a sad case indeed. However, I have noted that in most cases students studying…
It is very interesting to read the article in Solomon Star issue No: 6636 on Tuesday 4 July 2017 from the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL). The article titled “Truth about Waisis revealed” is full of errors and as a grass root man of Wairokai I wish to present the…
Market vendors from the Honiara Central Market are gathering for the first time to review their constitution. Twenty vendors from Honiara Central Market Vendors Association (HCMVA) and market management staff are meeting for two days with a legal consultant in Honiara to review their constitution, facilitated by UN Women’s Markets for Change (M4C) project. Improving…
Suva, Fiji – The Pacific Financial Inclusion Programme (PFIP) is partnering with the Foundation for the Development Cooperation (FDC) to co-convene the regional Financial Inclusion Innovation Summit which will be held from 29-31 August 2017 in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. This year’s Summit marks the 10th Anniversary of the event and will be the…
NOUMEA, (ISLANDS BUSINESS) — A new, stronger strain of the coconut-destroying Rhinoceros Beetle has been detected in the Pacific. Known as the Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle Guam Biotype, (Palm Killer), it is moving gradually from the Northern Pacific, south into Papua New Guinea and the Solomon islands. It now poses a threat to Vanuatu and Fiji.…
The man accused of stabbing another man resulting in his death early this month at Yandina, Central Province will appear again in court on August 7. Abraham Kaveru, 63, who faces one count of murder, appeared in the Honiara Magistrates’ Court on Monday afternoon. Police Prosecutor Abel Maelanga mentioned the matter on behalf of the…
The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) will be installing Communications and Global Positioning System (GPS) tracking systems in its vehicles. Police Commissioner Matthew Varley during yesterday’s 9th Australia Solomon Islands Business Forum announced that GPS devices will be installed on all the RSIPF- issued vehicles. “This is to ensure that we know the location…
THE much awaited Undersea Cable project faces a gloomy start following revelation Australian government has attempted to halt the project which is set to start early September due to security reason. Canberra, through its Solomon Islands High Commission is said to be interfering with its own statutory authorities – the Australian Communication Media Authority (ACMA)…
The RSIPF has thanked members of the community in Central Makira for their assistance in the recapture of a rape suspect who escaped from remand at the Correctional Service facility at Kira Kira last Friday 21 July 2017. The 30-year old male was recaptured at midday on Monday 24 July 2017 at the Waihauru area,…
No cash retrieval after two key arrests, Auki Police confirms POLICE have yet to recover any cash allegedly snatched from the LGZ Shop at Townground, East Honiara during the murder of the couple over the Easter. It is now two months following the successful apprehension of the double murder key suspects Jimson Goufi and Raymond…